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MySQL is an open source relational database management systems. It is a multi-user, multi-threaded database management system. MySQL is especially popular on the web, being one element of the popular LAMP development platform (Linux, Apache HTTP Server, MySQL, and PHP programming language).

MySQL is useful for small and large databases containing billions of records and terabytes of data in hundreds of thousands of tables. It’s designed to be easy to use, and its scalability and flexibility make it suitable for almost any application.

The MySQL development project releases its source code available under the GNU General Public License, as well as under a variety of proprietary agreements.

This is the MySQL Reference Manual. It documents MySQL 8.0 through 8.0.15. It is official documentation.

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